THE MAFIA BOSS WAS SURROUNDED BY DOCTORS AS HE DIED—UNTIL AN 8-YEAR-OLD MAID’S DAUGHTER CHECKED UNDER HIS PILLOW AND EXPOSED WHAT HIS FIANCÉE HAD BEEN HIDING THERE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT

was discovered.

Still polite.

Still cautious.

But there was steel in her now, forged by fear for her daughter.

Lily ran toward him, breathless, clutching the baseball.

“Mr. Vinnie?”

His throat tightened at the name.

“Yes?”

“Are you going to die?”

The entire garden seemed to fall silent.

Elena closed her eyes.

Vincent looked at the little girl who had pulled death continue reading …